Drop-cord holder



March 2 1926. 1,575,117

L. MORAN DROP CORD HOLDER Filed Oct. 5, 1925 L Worn? Patented Mar. 2,1926.

UNITED STATES LAWRENCE MORAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DROP-CORD HOLDER.

Application filed October 5, 1925.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LAWRENCE MORAN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements ina Drop-Cord Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a holder for the drop cord of anelectric light, and has for its object to provide a means whereby theelectric light may be raised and lowered so as to be held at the desiredheight.

Another important object of the invention is to provide an adjustableholder of this nature which is exceedingly simple in its construction,strong and durable, eflicient and reliable in operation, easy tomanipulate, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it isdesigned.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features ofconstruction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 is an elevation showing a drop cord and myimproved holder associated therewith,

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the holder, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section therethrough.

Referring toothe drawing in detail, it-

will be seen that 5 designates a bracket of angular construction toprovide the top horizontal arm. 6 and the vertical arm 7 dependingtherefrom. The arm 7 is provided with a longitudinally extending seriesof teeth 8 which are stamped along the longitudinal dimensions thereof.A carriage A, is formed from a single strip of metal bent to providejaws 9 for slid-ably engaging the side edges of the arm 7 and anintermediate offset body portion 10. A clamp 11 is fixed to the bodyportion 10 of the carriage A,

A spring pawl 12 is fixed to the body portion 10 and its free endengages the teeth 8 for holding the carriage in different adjustedpositions on the arm 7 A stop pin 13 is provided on the arm 7 adjacentthe upper end of the series of teeth 8, with which the carriage A abutsin its uppermost position. A guide tube 14 pierces the top of the armSerial No. 60,529.

7, extending transversely thereof and having downwardly curved ends 15.A cord or the like 16 istrained through theiguide tube 14:, through aneye bolt 17, fastened adjacent the free end of the spring pawl and theendof the cord is fastened to the fixed end of the pawl 12, as at 18. i

The extension or drop cord 19 depends in the usual manner from thebracket 20 and has the electric lamp or bulb 21 mounted on the endthereof in the usual manner. An intermediate portion of this drop cord19 is engaged in the clamp 11. By pulling downwardly on the free end ofthe cord 16, the carriage may be moved upwardly of the arm 7, since whenthe cord 1.6 is pulled it will become taut thereby releasing the pawl 12from the teeth 8. As soon as the cord 16 is released, the spring pawlwill more back in place in engagement with the teeth 8 so as to hold thecarriage in its adjusted position. To pull the carriage down, it is onlynecessary to pull downwardly on the cord .16 with suflicient force tocause the pawl 12 to slide over the teeth 8, then reduce the pull on thecord 16 to just enough to hold the spring pawl open and the carriage dueto its weight, which is greater than the pressure required to hold thespring pawl open, will slide down to the required posi tion.

It is thought that the construction, operation, and advantages of thisinvention will now be clearly understood without a more detaileddescription thereof. The present embodiment of the invention has beendisclosed merely by way of example since in actual practice it attainsthe features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement ofthe invention and the above description.

It is apparent that changes in the detaiis of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafterclaimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim as new is 1. A deviceof the class described including a bracket having a series of teethformed thereon, a carriage slidably mounted on the bracket, a springpawl on the carriage engageable with said teeth, a clamp on saidcarriage for engaging a drop cord, an eye on the intermediate portion ofthe pawl,

a c ord fixed to the carriage and threaded through the eye, and guidemeans on" the bracket for the cord so that when said cord is pulled toraise the carriage it will" pull the pawl out of engagement with theteeth.

2. A device of the class described including a bracket having an upperhorizontal arm and a vertical lower arm, said vertical arm provided witha longitudinally disposed series of teeth, a carriage slidably mountedon the vertical arm, a spring pawl on the carriage engaged with saidteeth,

through said tube and having one end ex tending through the eye of thepawl, and fixed to the carriage whereby said cord mav be pulled torelease the pawl from the teeth 20 and raise the carriage; or lowersame.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LAXVRENCE MGRAN.

